Bad Time (Grand Funk song)

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"Bad Time"
Bad Time - Grand Funk.jpg
Single by Grand Funk
from the album All the Girls in the World Beware!!!
B-side "Good & Evil"
ReleasedMarch 24, 1975
Recorded1974
Genre Rock
Length2:55
Label Capitol Records 4046
Songwriter(s) Mark Farner [1]
Producer(s) Jimmy Ienner
Grand Funk singles chronology
"Some Kind of Wonderful"
(1974)
"Bad Time"
(1975)
"Take Me"
(1976)

"Bad Time" is a song written by Mark Farner and performed by Grand Funk. It reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1975 [2] and appeared on the band's 1974 album, All the Girls in the World Beware!!! [3]

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Jimmy Ienner produced the song, and it was arranged by Tony Camillo. [4] It was the group's fourth and final single to reach the Top 10 and their final Top 40 hit in the U.S.

"Bad Time" marked the end of the group's two-year run as Grand Funk, during which time they scored all their major hits. Following this release, their name reverted to Grand Funk Railroad.

Chart performance

Other versions

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